diff --git a/cmake/modules/ExternalLibraryHelper.cmake b/cmake/modules/ExternalLibraryHelper.cmake
--- a/cmake/modules/ExternalLibraryHelper.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/ExternalLibraryHelper.cmake
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	cmake_parse_arguments(ARG
 		""
 		""
-		"HINTS;INCLUDE_DIRS;NAMES;PATHS;PATH_SUFFIXES"
+		"HINTS;INCLUDE_DIRS;INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES;NAMES;PATHS;PATH_SUFFIXES"
 		${ARGN}
 	)
 
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@
 		set(${LIB}_${COMPONENT}_FOUND TRUE PARENT_SCOPE)
 
 		# ... and append the library path to the LIBRARIES variable ...
-		list(APPEND ${LIB}_LIBRARIES "${${LIB}_${COMPONENT}_LIBRARY}")
+		list(APPEND ${LIB}_LIBRARIES
+			"${${LIB}_${COMPONENT}_LIBRARY}"
+			${ARG_INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES}
+		)
 		list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES ${LIB}_LIBRARIES)
 		set(${LIB}_LIBRARIES ${${LIB}_LIBRARIES} PARENT_SCOPE)
 	
@@ -42,6 +45,9 @@
 			set_property(TARGET ${LIB}::${COMPONENT} PROPERTY
 				INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${ARG_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 			)
+			set_property(TARGET ${LIB}::${COMPONENT} PROPERTY
+				INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES ${ARG_INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES}
+			)
 		endif()
 
 		find_package_message("${LIB}_${COMPONENT}"
diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindEvent.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindEvent.cmake
--- a/cmake/modules/FindEvent.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindEvent.cmake
@@ -46,14 +46,9 @@
 		HINTS "${BREW_HINT}"
 		INCLUDE_DIRS ${Event_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 		PATHS ${PC_Event_LIBRARY_DIRS}
+		INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "$<$<PLATFORM_ID:Windows>:ws2_32;shell32;advapi32>"
 	)
 
-	set(_Event_WINDOWS_LIBRARIES "$<$<PLATFORM_ID:Windows>:ws2_32;shell32;advapi32>")
-	set_property(TARGET Event::event
-		PROPERTY INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES ${_Event_WINDOWS_LIBRARIES}
-	)
-	list(APPEND Event_LIBRARIES ${_Event_WINDOWS_LIBRARIES})
-
 	pkg_check_modules(PC_Event_pthreads QUIET event_pthreads libevent_pthreads)
 	find_component(Event pthreads
 		NAMES event_pthreads